Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Monknewtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monknewtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72070, -6.47725
- SMR number
- ME019-113----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in NW quadrant of field containing field system (ME019-114----) to E, embanked enclosure (ME019-016001-) to SE, possible road (ME019-116----) to SSE and ring-ditch (ME019-112----) to S. Cropmark of circular ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 12 July 2013.
See attached aerial photograph showing cropmark taken from Google Earth.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 05 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.